Darkness has become the new normal. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their power as a Blizzard days I snuck across Texas this week. Ice storm warnings continue to extend east into the Tennessee Valley, threatening to leave more communities in the dark before freezing temperatures overnight. Just a few years ago, such widespread … Read more
A study that explored the links between air quality and mental ill health showed that long-term exposure to relatively low levels of air pollution can cause depression and anxiety. Tracking the incidence of depression and anxiety in nearly 500,000 adults in the UK over 11 years, researchers found that those living in areas with higher … Read more
CNN – In closed negotiations last week On the fate of the Colorado RiverRepresentatives from California’s strong water districts have proposed modeling what the basin’s future would look like if some of the West’s largest cities — including Phoenix and Las Vegas — were cut off from river water supplies, three people familiar with the … Read more
Insurers say devastating floods in Auckland were the ‘biggest weather event’ in New Zealand’s history, as rain eases after days of precipitation And the process of cleaning the city has begun. Friday was the wettest day on record for New Zealand’s largest city, as torrential rain sent floodwaters sweeping into streets and down highways, killing … Read more
The government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so it has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the Environment Minister admitted when she unveiled New environmental plan. “We have cleaner air,” Therese Coffey said on Tuesday. “I want it to be cleaner. Now, I wish I had Make … Read more
Each family will be within a 15-minute walk of a Green space or waterunder a major environmental improvement plan for England laid out by the government on Tuesday. The long-awaited measures will include commitments to restore at least 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wildlife habitat, and 400 miles of river. This will include 25 … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Vultures search for dead animals along a river and diverted sewage canal in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs. The river and its tributaries cross Kibera, known as Africa’s largest slum with a population of nearly 200,000, and other … Read more
People said that the epidemic was their creation They want to travel more responsibly In the future. New data now suggests that they do. According to a report published in January by the World Travel and Tourism Council and Trip.com Group: Almost 60% of travelers have chosen more sustainable travel options in the past two … Read more
A conservation researcher responds to Tory Bush’s bookBig feet. “ I was once talking with an environmental historian who made a comment that stuck in my mind: Humans are a species Homo Tinkerus. Their point was that self-control is difficult for people, especially in our environment—we like to change things up. Historically, these interventions have … Read more
Comment on this story Suspension Fifty years ago, a unique creature – known as the James spinymussel – lived thousands in James Riverwhich stretches for more than 300 miles from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains. But pollution and wastewater have nearly wiped out the species, leading wildlife experts to grow mussels in a … Read more
